학술논문
Values and helping behavior: A study in four cultures.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*CULTURAL values
*HUMAN behavior
*PROSOCIAL behavior
*ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY
*COLLEGE students
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Language
ISSN
0020-7594
Abstract
Values are important factors in determining individuals' behaviours. Previous studies have examined the relations between values and helping behaviour, but usually in the context of a single culture. The current study examines the relations between personal value types and helping behaviour among university students ( N = 722) in four cultures (Germany, Scotland-UK, Israel and Turkey). Across cultures, the value types of self-transcendence versus self-enhancement and conservation versus openness to change were positively related to helping. Specifically, self-transcendence values were positively related, and self-enhancement and openness to change values negatively related, to helping behaviour. The correlations pattern did not differ significantly between cultures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]